There’s no sense denying the fact that investors are relieved by the results so far in Q3 earnings season. Through the summer there were growing signs of a general slowdown in the global economy, and market watchers had expected Q3 results to come in below par. So far, that hasn’t happened – results are good.To date, 341 S&P 500 companies have released their quarterly performance. While aggregate earnings are down 0.6%, that is more than balanced by 4.9% gain in revenues. Of the companies that have reported so far, 60% beat the revenue forecasts and 74% showed EPS beats. These …read more
Source:: Yahoo Finance